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6.ϟϟ-Gebirgs-Division „Nord“

6.SS-Gebirgsdivision Nord

The rebuilt Nord was called into action against the Soviet spring offensive in 1942 and this time managed to hold its lines. Throughout the rest of 1942 and through 1943 it remained on the Kestenga front. In September 1942, the unit was remnamed SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord and in October 1943 became the 6.SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord. Nord was stationed in the Arctic Circle and fought in Karelia until the Finnish armistice in September 1944. Source: Johann Voss; Black Edelweiss. Image: Forward observers of 6.SS-Gibirgs-Division in northern Karelia. Any high ground was precious in this region. Photographer SS-Kriegsberichter Heiss.